Revolutionary War Receipt For Interest Paid A Soldier. Partly-printed Document acknowledging receipt from Connecticut Comptroller Oliver Wolcott "Three shillings and ten pence Lawful Money, in 1 Certificate; being the balance due on 1 State Note lodged in the Treasury…," for Azariah Freeman, 2¾ x 7½ in., Hartford, Sept. 29, 1789. These receipts were given for interest paid on money due soldiers who had served in the Continental Army. "Freeman" was a name carried by free Blacks, many of them in Connecticut. Matted and framed to 6¾ x 11 in. Very fine.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
Colonial and Revolutionary America
